North is down in this
image. NGC 1055 is a beautiful edge on spiral
galaxy with a wide and knotty dust lane across its equator. It is in the
constellation of Cetus and very near M77. It is considered part of the M77
galaxy group and seen as interacting with M77. NGC 1055 is similar in size to
our own Milky Way galaxy The
distance of NGC 1055 is approximately 60 million light years. The Horizontal FOV is 38'.